Overall Ratings & Reviews Parkview On Hagley

Great location, clean and spacious room.

A lovely spacious room over-looking Hagley Park. Beautiful morning sun! The he room was comfortable with a spa bath.

*AVOID - book the Grand Riccarton Hotel instead. Round the corner, much nicer and similar price* Room smelt overwhelmingly of the Thai restaurant kitchen below the room (windows were closed). Advised staff who was reportedly a trainee but agreed and gave us two room diffuser sprays, neither worked. After a while the smell was so strong it started to make me feel nauseous and our clothes reeked of the smell. There was also a loud party next door playing music, drinking and banging around. We decided to stay elsewhere. The trainee stated that the manger would be on duty in the morning to organise a refund. We returned in the morning and spoke to another staff member who confirmed we would get a refund after Expedia release the funds. We spoke to Expedia later on who then confirm the funds had already been released to the hotel and that they were refusing to issue a refund. We’ve sent multiple emails to the hotel and manager directly which have all been completely ignored. Save yourself the hassle and book the Grand Riccarton Hotel instead, we booked there last minute after leaving here and was greeted by friendly staff and modern rooms for a very similar price.

Loved the room

Beautiful space thank you

I would not recommend

We got an excellent special rate which is why we booked. It was also a convenient location for our Saturday morning activity near Canterbury University & not too far from our Friday night activity. Despite the windows & curtains being closed we found it very noisy with cars dragging off on the road outside. Our room faced Deans Avenue & Hagley Park, so the view was good Saturday morning. However, the car noise dragging off on the road when we arrived back at just before 10pm & tried to get to sleep disturbed us. Also, the very noisy people outside disturbed sleep. The bed was comfortable. Our room was advertised as having a toaster, but we could not find it. The on/off/temperature control handle in the shower was very stiff & hard to adjust. We could not remove the handheld shower from its cradle. The staff we encountered at reception when checking in & elsewhere Friday afternoon were very nice. Car parking was some way away on the roof. There were conflicting instructions as to where to park. Inside the lift a notice said level G, the notice at reception said level F.

Building was noisy and the blinds let light in

Room was exceptionally large, bathroom had a bath and shower. However, TV didn't initially work, and it took over an hour for someone to come and fix it. Whilst there was a good kitchenette, there was only one knife and fork. Location is really good, near to Botanic Gdns and city centre.

Old and tacky

Nice hotel near the park

Great location however very noisy at night due to traffic particularly over the weekend. Fridge and air con didnt work properly.

We love to stay here easy for us to get around, unfortunately needs some work done in bathrooms, seals, and water travels around the floor. And a deep clean.

great views

OK

Lots of graffiti in the carpark and surrounding the property didn’t make it seem safe. The road noise was quite loud, but settled down at bedtime. Good food choices in the area

Not very soundproof, broken glass outside, ,

The reception was often not open or no one was there. The cleaning of my room never happened only towel changes. The coffee in the room ran out and they never replaced it.

The reception has restricted hours, the staff are often not one reception and the cleaning on your 2nd day is average. They ran out of coffee for the room and failed to deliver other items when asked.

Unfortunately I didn't realize that the hotel was above a restaurant , bar and takeaway place and you had to share the entrance with theses and carpark, with hotel guest having to use the further carpark from entrance. the entrance and lobby was unattended and needed some maintenance as did the room, also very noisy from the traffic and doors closing loudly. Positive the room was well set out and location was ok.